Chapter 180: Killing with a Flick of the Finger

  "I've heard that Ye Chen's combat strength is not low, we should be careful when encountering him." A elite disciple from the outer court said.

  "Hmph, his combat strength may not be low, but he's still just an outer courtyard disciple. In front of us inner courtyard disciples, he's nothing but an ant. The difference in our realms is too great. If I were to make a move, one finger from me would be enough to suppress him!" An inner courtyard disciple said confidently and strongly, releasing his aura completely, causing those outer courtyard disciples to tremble with fear.

  This person is the seventh peak of the Fountain of Life, and among these dozen or so people, he is considered one of the strongest. In their opinion, dealing with Ye Chen, who has only reached the third peak of the Fountain of Life, is like using an ox knife to kill a chicken - it's too easy.

  "Everyone be careful, although we can't sense Ye Chen's location, I think he is not too far from us. This time, we will split up to find him, and he won't be able to escape." Another man with a headband and narrow eyes said, who was also at the seventh level of Qi Spring Peak, glanced around at everyone and said: "If Ye Chen is found by us and his life is taken, when Li Shixiong returns from his cultivation, he will definitely reward us, and our status in the Second World Party will also be elevated. This is a great opportunity."

  Upon hearing this, the eyes of all the disciples lit up with eagerness. Killing Ye Chen would not only elevate their status within the Second World Party but also earn them a reward from Li Shixiong. Who knows what kind of first-rate or second-rate spiritual elixirs they might receive, or even a spiritual soldier?

  "There is a lingering aura of a cultivator here, it must be Ye Chen without a doubt. The corpses of those undead creatures we saw earlier were probably his doing. You outer sect disciples should be careful now. We will split up to search for him. If any of you outer sect disciples discover Ye Chen's whereabouts, do not take action alone, notify us immediately."

  "Yes, senior brother!" The eight outer courtyard disciples responded in unison.

  "The terrain here is like a basin, you see in all directions, four mountain ranges stretch out, surrounding this area of thousands of miles within." The inner courtyard disciple who claimed that one of his fingers could suppress Ye Chen pointed to the surroundings and said, "Our search range is within this basin of thousands of miles, I have a feeling that Ye Chen, that insignificant ant, is within this basin."

  "Two of you, search the widest range with your divine sense. Our senior brother in the inner courtyard will leave one person here to wait. If any outer courtyard disciples are accidentally discovered by Ye Chen, he will definitely come after them. At that time, you two will lead him here." The inner courtyard disciple continued to say.

  "Master, we remember." The outer disciples' eyes gleamed with cold light.

  "Alright, go ahead, split up."

  Ye Chen had been quietly watching this group of people from thousands of meters away, having already thoroughly grasped their strengths. Seeing that they were about to split up and search for him, he coldly sneered in his heart. With a sudden movement, his body transformed into a gust of wind, rapidly rushing towards the location where over a dozen outer and inner courtyard disciples were gathered.

  In an instant, Ye Chen approached, the inner courtyard disciples were extremely vigilant, and suddenly felt the fluctuation of spiritual energy. Among them, several people's eyes burst with killing intent, and they suddenly looked over at Ye Chen.

  "Who?"

  Everyone's gaze was directed towards the direction where the eyes of those few inner courtyard disciples were looking, and in the distance, a green figure came flowing like light. Before anyone could react, a golden large handprint covered the sky and descended.

  "You're going to be the death of me!"

  A cold voice rang out, with a peculiar flavor in this gloomy region.

  A golden giant hand appeared in the sky, covering an area of tens of meters, enveloping everyone within it. For a moment, everyone felt a surge of overbearing power descending from the heavens. The thick fog seemed to dissipate without a trace under the dazzling golden light.

  A golden giant hand descended from the sky like a blazing sun, causing the outer courtyard disciples' hearts to turn cold. The fear of death instantly seized their minds, and everyone retreated in an instant.

  "It's Ye Chen, he ambushed us, get out of the way quickly!"

  One of the inner courtyard disciples exclaimed in shock, for he discovered that the golden large hand contained a power that was truly terrifying, like a great mountain pressing down.

  A dozen figures shot out in all directions, but those outer courtyard disciples were completely unable to dodge.

  BOOM!!

  A loud rumble shook the entire earth, as if it were an earthquake. A golden palm print descended, and only the inner courtyard disciples managed to escape. The outer courtyard disciples were all slapped into meat paste by a single palm strike, even their internal spiritual soldiers were shattered into fragments, causing a massive loss of spiritual energy that dispersed into the air.

  The place where Ye Chen's big hand had slapped appeared a deep handprint, sinking into the ground for several meters, and the earth within a hundred meters in diameter burst out with spider web-like cracks, majestic and invincible.

  Ye Chen stretched out his hand and swept it across, the orange-golden blood energy emerged from his palm, condensed into a large hand, and with one grasp, all the flesh and blood were grabbed in his hand and thrown into the 'Shennong Baicao Ding'.

  Those inner disciples stood a hundred meters apart from each other. When they saw the face of the person who had launched a sneak attack, their faces changed color.

  "It's really you, Ye Chen!"

  "Not bad, I'll take your lives. Do you have any last words to say?" Ye Chen gazed calmly at the remaining nine inner courtyard disciples, among whom five were seventh-rank Nascent Soul cultivators and four were sixth-rank Nascent Soul cultivators, together forming a formidable force.

  "Hahaha!" The inner courtyard disciple who had spoken earlier burst out laughing, as if he had heard the most hilarious thing in the world. His eyes were cold as knives, and his mouth curled up with a hint of mockery. "You think you can? A mere ant who has only just experienced the third stage of the Fountain of Life?"

  "Ye Chen, fellow disciple, let alone giving you an opportunity, now you've crippled yourself and destroyed your own life. Kneel down and kowtow to us, admit your mistake, and we might spare your worthless life!" The inner court disciple with the headband and narrow eyes sneered, his eyes full of disdain.

  "If you abandon your cultivation, you can keep your life. Don't think that just because Cold Clear Snow is backing you, we, the Second Generation Party, can't kill you. What does Cold Clear Snow amount to?" Another inner courtyard disciple said loudly, "When our Yan Xing Kuang returns, Cold Clear Snow's position as the number one personal disciple will not be secure. Master Brother's 'Beast King Splitting Divine Path' is invincible in the world, and when he comes back, the first person he'll suppress will be Cold Clear Snow. What do you have to rely on?"

  Ye Chen coldly gazed at the nine people, calmly saying: "Beast King Lietian Dao? Yan Xing Kuang? What is he, even a single hand of Qingxue Shijie can suppress him!"

  "Ignorant little ant!" The disciple with the high bun looked at Ye Chen with a cold smile, "Do you really think that Han Qingxue's 'Red Dust Slashing Immortal Technique' is invincible? Not to mention Eldest Senior Brother, even Second Senior Brother's 'Wu Wei Broken Fantasy Tai Xu Dao' can easily suppress her. They just need to break through to the Tian Mai Secret Realm and return, then it will be Han Qingxue's turn to be suppressed. And as for you, today is the day you die!"

  "Is that so?" Ye Chen sneered with a smile, revealing a set of snow-white teeth. "I'd like to see what you're capable of that can kill me!"

  "Cut the nonsense and kill him!" a cold voice said from one of the inner court disciples.

  "Don't move, let me do it." The man with one hand pointed at the inner courtyard disciple of Ye Chen, his eyes gleaming with a playful color, looked at Ye Chen and said: "I won't kill you just like that, I'll make you know what it means to be worse than dead."

  That inner courtyard disciple took a few steps forward, and just as he took his fifth step, a spiritual light burst out from his dantian. His entire body was enveloped in a brown spiritual light that shot up to the sky, and a thread of spiritual energy pierced through the void, instantly approaching Ye Chen's dantian, seemingly intent on destroying Ye Chen's Sea of Fate with a single move.

  Facing the spiritual pattern that was killing him, Ye Chen did not dodge or evade. He stretched out his hand and a light screen suddenly appeared in front of his body. The spiritual pattern flashed over like lightning, fiercely piercing the light screen, but it was unable to break through and was blocked.

  That inner courtyard disciple's face changed slightly, "Looks like he has some tricks up his sleeve."

  He stamped his foot heavily on the ground.

  "Get down!"

  Boom!

  The ground shook violently, and within a radius of several dozen meters, the earth's surface cracked instantly. Countless sharp spikes burst out from underground, shooting straight at Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen sprang up and rushed into the void. At this moment, that inner courtyard disciple let out a cold shout, "Great Mountain Pressing Down!"

  Buzz!!

  The void shook violently, as if it had borne the infinite pressure, a mountain of earth spirit power suddenly appeared out of thin air and pressed down on Ye Chen's head.

  "Give me a break!"

  Ye Chen's face was calm and serene, but his fist shot out in a powerful uppercut that seemed to defy gravity.

  Boom!

  A golden fist shattered everything, one punch shook the four directions, as if to shatter the void itself. The orange-golden blood energy churned like a vast ocean, and with one punch, the spiritual power of the great mountain was reduced to dust. At the same time, Ye Chen took a step forward, covering a distance of 100 meters in an instant, and suddenly appeared in front of that inner courtyard disciple's face.

  That inner courtyard disciple was shocked, never expecting Ye Chen to be so formidable. With his hands continuously forming hand seals, he drew a series of lines in front of him, and from the tips of his fingers, earth spiritual energy burst forth, constructing a six-pointed star array in the empty space before him.

  At the moment when Ye Chen was about to pounce, the six-pointed star array burst into radiance, and in an instant, dozens of brown spiritual energy swords appeared in front of the six-pointed star array. With a humming sound, they pierced through the void and killed Ye Chen. The aura was thick and sharp, and wherever it passed, several black cracks appeared, as if even the void had been torn apart.

  Ye Chen's face was expressionless, one hand stretched out, the entire palm shining with golden light, like a condensed small sun, and with one grasp, all the spiritual energy swords were crushed by Ye Chen.

  The remaining eight inner courtyard disciples' pupils suddenly constricted, and this move directly stunned them. They knew the power of the Six-Pronged Star Formation, but they didn't expect Ye Chen to break the spiritual energy sword with a casual grab, as if he was playing around.

  "Earth wall!"

  That inner courtyard disciple was also shocked, never expecting Ye Chen to break his killing move so directly and simply. He hastily condensed a wall of earth in front of him, while at the same time he flew backward in retreat.

  Ye Chen's mouth curled up in a cold smile as he grasped the Shattered Light Sword, and his entire body charged forward again. A golden large hand directly grabbed over.

  Bang!

  The earth wall was pierced like paper by Ye Chen, and it was impossible to stop him. A golden large hand came out of thin air and grabbed the fleeing inner courtyard disciple in one go.